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winter-hardy

American  
[win-ter-hahr-dee] / ˈwɪn tərˌhɑr di /
Or winterhardy

adjective

  1. able to survive the effects of cold weather.


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Maybe even more so, if it is winter-hardy like one of Procter’s high-fired clay vessels, which are persistent garden performers in every season.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024

It's when plants are exposed to chilling winter winds that the most damage occurs, even to plants that are otherwise fully winter-hardy.

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2022

He attended St. Joseph Marquette Catholic School in Yakima, and the winter-hardy variety was only a few years old.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2021

From the canna planted by the corner of the porch in spring to the hanging basket of petunias perched nearby, many plants that provide seasonal garden color aren’t winter-hardy.

From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2020

Any and all of the nuts listed, of all species, are perfectly winter-hardy here, except that Payne English walnut was injured by a temperature of 10 below zero some years ago.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 by Northern Nut Growers Association

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